Namie Amuro

I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.

If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.

Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.

Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles.

For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.

After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.

I stopped caring what people thought.

I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.

I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.

Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think.